Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Conference

Pharmacogenetics & Pharmacogenomics

At the nexus of pharmacology and genetics are the studies of pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics, which study how individual responses to medications are influenced by genetic variants. By customizing therapies to individual genetic profiles, pharmacogenetics aims to maximize therapeutic efficacy and minimize side effects by analyzing how unique gene variants impact an individual's response to specific pharmaceuticals. A more comprehensive method called pharmacogenomics looks at how a person's entire genetic makeup interacts with drugs, utilizing genomic technologies to forecast drug response and identify novel therapeutic targets. When combined, these fields offer the prospect of personalized medicine, in which genetic information is used to tailor treatments, resulting in safer and more successful medical outcomes.

• Genetic variants and drug metabolism
• Adverse drug reactions
• Gene-drug interaction networks